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先秦兩漢 - Pre-Qin and Han

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道家 - Daoism

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道德經 - Dao De Jing

[Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)] English translation: James Legge [?]
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[Also known as: 《老子》, "Tao Te Ching", "Laozi"]

52 道德經:
天下有始,以為天下母。既得1其母,以2知其子,既知其子,復守其母,沒身3不殆。塞其兌,閉其門,終身不勤。開其兌,濟其事,終身不救。見小曰明,守柔曰強。用其光,復歸其明,無遺身殃;是為習常。
Dao De Jing:
(Returning to the source)
(The Dao) which originated all under the sky is to be considered as the mother of them all.
When the mother is found, we know what her children should be. When one knows that he is his mother's child, and proceeds to guard (the qualities of) the mother that belong to him, to the end of his life he will be free from all peril.
Let him keep his mouth closed, and shut up the portals (of his nostrils), and all his life he will be exempt from laborious exertion. Let him keep his mouth open, and (spend his breath) in the promotion of his affairs, and all his life there will be no safety for him.
The perception of what is small is (the secret of clear- sightedness; the guarding of what is soft and tender is (the secret of) strength.

Who uses well his light,
Reverting to its (source so) bright,
Will from his body ward all blight,
And hides the unchanging from men's sight.

1. 得 : Originally read: "知". 據《古逸叢書》本、馬王堆本改。
2. 以 : Originally read: "復". 據《古逸叢書》本、馬王堆本改。
3. 身 : Originally read: "其". 據《古逸叢書》本、馬王堆本改。

文子 - Wenzi

[Eastern Han - Jin] 212-231
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[Also known as: 《通玄真經》]

下德

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3 下德:
老子曰:身處江海之上,心在魏闕之下,即重生,重生即輕利矣。猶不能自勝即從之,神無所害也,不能自勝而強不從,是謂重傷,重傷之人無壽類矣。故曰:知和曰常,知常曰明,益生曰祥,心使氣曰強,是謂玄同,用其光,復歸其明。

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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德經

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歸元

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1 歸元:
天下有始,始有道也。以為天下母。道為天下萬物之母既知其母,復知其子,子,一也。既知道己,當復知一也。既知其子,復守其母,己知一,當復守道反無為也。沒身不殆。不危殆也。塞其兌,兌,目也。目不妄視也。閉其門,門,口也。使口不妄言終身不勤。人當塞目不妄視,閉口不妄言,則終生不勤苦。開其兌,開目視情欲也。濟其事,濟,益也。益情欲之事。終身不救。禍亂成也。見小曰明,萌芽未動,禍亂未見為小,昭然獨見為明。守柔日強。守柔弱,日以強大也。用其光,用其目光於外,視時世之利害。復歸其明。復當返其光明於內,無使精神泄也。無遺身殃,內視存神,不為漏失。是謂習常。人能行此,是謂修習常道。

雜家 - Miscellaneous Schools

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淮南子 - Huainanzi

[Western Han (206 BC - 9)]
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[Also known as: 《淮南》, 《鴻烈》]

道應訓

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15 道應訓:
中山公子牟謂詹子曰:「身處江海之上,心在魏闕之下,為之奈何?」詹子曰:「重生。重生則輕利。」中山公子牟曰:「雖知之,猶不能自勝。」詹子曰:「不能自勝,則從之;從之,神無怨乎!不能自勝而強弗從者,此之謂重傷。重傷之人,無壽類矣。」故老子曰:「知和曰常,知常曰明,益生曰祥,心使氣曰強。」是故「用其光,複歸其明也。

出土文獻 - Excavated texts

馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲德經

14 老子甲德... :
天下有始,以為天下母。既得其母,以知其□,復守其母,沒身不殆。塞其兌,閉其門,終身不堇。啟其悶,濟其事,終身□□。□小曰□,守柔曰強。用其光,復歸其明,毋道身央;是胃襲常。

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